Twin Galaxies, the video game record keeper and official source for Guinness World Records, has declared one of the oldest gaming world records invalid after 35 years. Player Todd Rogers has been stripped of his world record for finishing the simple Atari 2600 racing game Dragster, after months of debate over his completion time. That’s a major blow to a prolific record holder, whose career stretches back to the earliest days of console gaming. A thread on the Twin Galaxies’ forum about how Rodg

SNK released a new trailer for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy at Evo Japan 2018 this weekend, and in case there was any confusion, that trailer makes it abundantly clear that the fighting game is all about the fan service. Nakoruru’s appearance SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, and the dress-up nature of the fighting game, emphasizes just how much fan service SNK is slathering on. Here’s how Nakoruru will appear in SNK Heroines compared to her recent appearance in KOF14. Because SNK has a certain au

Editor’s note We wanted our Monster Hunter: World guides to be as comprehensive as possible, so we enlisted the help of an expert. Roy Blakely works at 8-4, the company that helped Capcom localize Monster Hunter: World into English. Your room and the training areaEventually, Monster Hunter: World will drag you into your humble wooden abode. Since you’ll be relying on whichever weapon(s) you choose for most of Monster Hunter: World, you absolutely cannot spend too much time here. Exploring the An

The ELeague Major: Boston culminates in a historic final today between FaZe Clan and Cloud9. The ELeague Major: Boston Finals will be a best of three and starts at 2 p.m. Now one of the region’s best, Cloud9, will have the chance to claim a major title with the home fans behind them. The next step for Cloud9 will be no easy feat when faced with a team like FaZe Clan in the finals. FaZe has looked nearly unstoppable so far at the ELeague Major and is no stranger to beating Cloud9.

Adding to the woes of console players this weekend, Monster Hunter: World’s support team has acknowledged widespread matchmaking problems for the game on Xbox One. Hello Hunters, we’re aware of the Xbox matchmaking issues and dev team is actively investigating it, we’ll update you as soon as we can. Monster Hunter’s subreddit came alive with complaints of matchmaking issues yesterday morning. The discussion then quickly pivoted to the fact Capcom did not conduct a beta test for Monster Hunter: W

Oh yes, this construction of 8-bit Link from The Legend of Zelda comprises 21,981 dominoes, and watching them tumble down is a serene way to start Sunday. To wit:Cuphead: 22,734 dominoesFallout: 14,260 dominoesThe Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask: 67,507 dominoesand The Wind Waker: 78,175 dominoesSuper Mario Odyssey: 148,777 dominoes, but that’s not the record. Of more than 150 videos going back six years, I count about 40 video game-themed domino constructions, with The Domino King ramping up pro

The ELeague Major: Boston culminates in a historic final today between FaZe Clan and Cloud9. The ELeague Major: Boston Finals will be a best of three and starts at 2 p.m. Now one of the region’s best, Cloud9, will have the chance to claim a major title with the home fans behind them. The next step for Cloud9 will be no easy feat when faced with a team like FaZe Clan in the finals. FaZe has looked nearly unstoppable so far at the ELeague Major and is no stranger to beating Cloud9.

Adding to the woes of console players this weekend, Monster Hunter: World’s support team has acknowledged widespread matchmaking problems for the game on Xbox One. Hello Hunters, we’re aware of the Xbox matchmaking issues and dev team is actively investigating it, we’ll update you as soon as we can. Monster Hunter’s subreddit came alive with complaints of matchmaking issues yesterday morning. The discussion then quickly pivoted to the fact Capcom did not conduct a beta test for Monster Hunter: W

Update: At 5 p.m., PlayStation Network’s status page says all services are running now. PlayStation Network is having problems again, for the second time in three days. It’s not a comprehensive outage, but gaming and social services are “experiencing issues,” according to PSN’s network status page. “Our engineers are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and we thank you for your patience.”PlayStation’s help Twitter had this to say yesterday for those still having trouble accessing P

Oh yes, this construction of 8-bit Link from The Legend of Zelda comprises 21,981 dominoes, and watching them tumble down is a serene way to start Sunday. To wit:Cuphead: 22,734 dominoesFallout: 14,260 dominoesThe Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask: 67,507 dominoesand The Wind Waker: 78,175 dominoesSuper Mario Odyssey: 148,777 dominoes, but that’s not the record. Of more than 150 videos going back six years, I count about 40 video game-themed domino constructions, with The Domino King ramping up pro

Editor’s note We wanted our Monster Hunter: World guides to be as comprehensive as possible, so we enlisted the help of an expert. Roy Blakely works at 8-4, the company that helped Capcom localize Monster Hunter: World into English. Your room and the training areaEventually, Monster Hunter: World will drag you into your humble wooden abode. Since you’ll be relying on whichever weapon(s) you choose for most of Monster Hunter: World, you absolutely cannot spend too much time here. Exploring the An

PlayStation Network is having problems again, for the second time in three days. It’s not a comprehensive outage, but gaming and social services are “experiencing issues,” according to PSN’s network status page. “Our engineers are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and we thank you for your patience.”PlayStation’s help Twitter had this to say yesterday for those still having trouble accessing PlayStation Network. If you’re still having issues accessing PSN, please try these steps:

Bully was one of those games from a decade when something new that became a hit wasn’t immediately followed by a sequel and all the expectations of being a major franchise. In fact, while it did get a remaster for Xbox 360 two years after its 2006 launch, Bully is still one of those games that fans wonder if Rockstar will ever return to. Youtuber and bigtime Bully enthusiast SWEGTA says he got hold of a beta of the game a while back and the volume of stuff he’s pulled from it over the past year

Monster Hunter: World is probably the hottest game in the world right now and for good reason. If you’re in the market for a new Xbox One, Newegg is already offering the new Monster Hunter in a bundle with an Xbox One X. Aside from Monster Hunter sales, there are plenty of other great game deals this week. Note: This post was updated to reflect a price change on Raspberry Pi and regularity in new game release discounts. Polygon Deals is a weekly roundup of the best deals on the internet, curated

Spoiler alert: Watching this scene set to this music won’t spoil the story of the film, but it may seriously affect how you feel about it. Twitter-er @rachlikesbands edited a 30-second clip of the throne room throwdown in Star Wars: The Last Jedi to “Toxic,” Britney Spears’ 2004 tribute to loving dangerously. Rey & Kylo Ren fighting the Praetorian Guards to “Toxic” by Brittany Spears pic.twitter.com/5qY5XNInnq — you’re not alone in everything✨ Saw TLJ x4 (@rachlikesbands) January 23, 2018The par

Spoiler alert: Watching this scene set to this music won’t spoil the story of the film, but it may seriously affect how you feel about it. Twitter-er @rachlikesbands edited a 30-second clip of the throne room throwdown in Star Wars: The Last Jedi to “Toxic,” Britney Spears’ 2004 tribute to loving dangerously. Rey & Kylo Ren fighting the Praetorian Guards to “Toxic” by Brittany Spears pic.twitter.com/5qY5XNInnq — you’re not alone in everything✨ Saw TLJ x4 (@rachlikesbands) January 23, 2018The par

Bully was one of those games from a decade when something new that became a hit wasn’t immediately followed by a sequel and all the expectations of being a major franchise. In fact, while it did get a remaster for Xbox 360 two years after its 2006 launch, Bully is still one of those games that fans wonder if Rockstar will ever return to. Youtuber and bigtime Bully enthusiast SWEGTA says he got hold of a beta of the game a while back and the volume of stuff he’s pulled from it over the past year

Monster Hunter: World is probably the hottest game in the world right now and for good reason. If you’re in the market for a new Xbox One, Newegg is already offering the new Monster Hunter in a bundle with an Xbox One X. Aside from Monster Hunter sales, there are plenty of other great game deals this week. HARDWAREGAMESMISCELLANEOUSCOMMERCE TEAM PICKSWhile we usually bring you the best gaming deals each week, there are a few non-sale products we’re really into right now. Polygon Deals is a weekl

Meanwhile, Cloud9 faces the winner of Saturday’s last quarterfinal between SK Gaming and Fnatic. A win against either SK Gaming or Fnatic would be the perfect kind of proof. For Fnatic, this quarterfinal match is the perfect place to prove it is one of the three best teams in the world. SK Gaming, the number one team in the world, will want to start 2018 by reminding every other professional CS:GO team just how good they have been over the last eight months. ScheduleQuarterfinalSK Gaming vs Fnat

Dragon Ball FighterZ launched yesterday and already players have found a cool feature, on the PC version only, which gives the game a throwback feel to match the turn-of-the-century nostalgia for the anime series. As noticed first by Pixelbuster on Twitter, later tested to great effect by Kotaku, turning all of the game’s graphical options to their lowest performance settings gives the fighter the look of a Game Boy Advance game. Playing FighterZ on the lowest settings on PC is an experience pic